Alloy Wheel Refurb

shazkhan111

Hello

I have recently bought a new car and the 18 inch alloy wheels were pristine on arrival. I have had a few scrapes with the kerb and now the scratches (minor) are annoying me.

Does anyone know where I can get a good deal in London to get these repaired?

Cheers

kadison

I would try and do that yourself if they are minor, I expect motoring places would sell kits.

trailingspouse

Chips Away charged us £40 per wheel for 19" alloys. We'd asked them to look at all 4, but they said one of them wasn't badly enough scratched, which was good of them.

Nodding_Donkey

Did they come to you for £40 a wheel? If so that is a really good price. I've heard good things about the Chips Away franchisees.

trailingspouse

Yes - they need a driveway to work on (ie, they won't work at the side of the road, for obvious reasons), but they came to us. We were very impressed.

gilbert_and_sullivan

I suppose at London rip off prices £40 for a temporary touch up is about right, another tenner and you're into full refurb territory, which is long term.

scotsbob

kadison wrote: »

I would try and do that yourself if they are minor, I expect motoring places would sell kits.

Agreed, it's very easy to do. Here is a quick DIY guide that I used when I did mine.


http://www.glasgowdave.com/?p=15

aylesby

A man in a van is at best only going to paint and bake them and they will look good for a while. If the damage is not too bad you could try this yourself.
A refurbishment is something else. I use a man in a shed in Crewe with lots of serious spray kit and ovens but he is £70 a wheel.

Alias_Omega

The just compress the tyre off the bead, then paint the face of the wheel.

If you want it all doing, then the tyre needs to come off and that pushes the costs up.